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Besson MB.26

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Top speed
  
180 km/h

Length
  
12 m

Wingspan
  
15 m

Manufacturer
  
ANF Les Mureaux

The Beeson MB.26 was a French sesquiplane floatplane designed by Marcel Besson as a shipborne two-seat reconnaissance aircraft for the French Navy, but it was not ordered into production.

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Design and development

The MB.26 was a W-strut wing braced sesquiplane, the upper wing was attached at the top of the fuselage and the lower was below the fuselage. It had one main float under the lower wing and two stabilizing floats on the wingtips. This HB.2 variant was followed by a modified C.2 configuration to turn it into a two-seat fighter seaplane. The C.2 had a new round-sided fuselage, the HB.2 had a slab-sided fuselage, and a new tailplane. Neither variant was ordered or entered production.

Variants

MB.26 HB.2
Two-seat reconnaissance seaplane variant.
MB.26 C.2
Two-seat fighter seaplane variant.

Operators

 France
  • French Navy

    • Specifications (HB.2)

    Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

    General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 12.10 m (39 ft 8¼ in)
  • Wingspan: 15.00 m (49 ft 2½ in)
  • Height: 3.70 m (12 ft 1¼ in)
  • Wing area: 52.00 m2 (559.74 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 1665 kg (3671 lb)
  • Gross weight: 2415 kg (5324 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine 12Db inline piston engine, 298 kW (400 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 180 km/h (112 mph)
  • Service ceiling: 5200 m (17060 ft)

    • Armament

  • One fixed forward-firing 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun
  • Twin 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-guns on ring-mount at observers cockpit

    • References

    Besson MB.26 Wikipedia
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